Rupnarayan Roy was a veteran communist and peasant leader of undivided Bengal and then Bangladesh. One of the three first communist legislators who were elected to the

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in 1946. He died a martyr, some miscreants entered his house, called him from his bed at night and beheaded him.

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A marxist revolutionary, one of the top organizers of

Tebhaga Movement The Tebhaga movement (1946–1947) was significant peasant agitation, initiated in Bengal by the All India Kisan Sabha of peasant front of the Communist Party of India. History At that time, landlords required tenant farmers and sharecroppe ...

, leader of anti-British movement, MLA of undivided Bengal, organizer of CPB-

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- BSU led guerrilla force in the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

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1908 births 1974 deaths People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh Bengal MLAs 1946–1947 East Bengal MLAs 1947–1954 Bangladeshi Hindus Politicians from East Pakistan {{CPIndia-politician-stub